After speaking with a well placed city employee it looks as though PAFD employees will be using iPads to file fire and medical reports instead of expensive ruggedized Windows laptops when city-wide wifi goes into action. Most PAFD employees already use iPads for personal use.

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This is where I'd normally write an impressive summary of my skills and proficiencies.

Drive around PA and you'll likely see a node every couple of blocks hanging from light poles. There is a node about a hundred feet from my house.
I tried using it for the first time this evening and results are inconclusive as most of the time Olypen MetroNet didn't work. It would load a website and then hang.

"But after that, except for one hour a day and 12 days a year, it will be accessible only by paying fees of up to $34.95 a month for mobile users and $37.95 a month for fixed-point service, Charles “Doc” Beaudette, OlyPen general manager, said Wednesday."

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
Steve Jobs